There's a new Pope and Dax (almost) knows him, new lighting, the fun of being a random at a wedding, AI is maybe going to save us or maybe not, and what techniques should we hang on to and what should we leave in the past? Links: * Cursor - The AI Code Editor [https://www.cursor.com/] * Windsurf (formerly Codeium) - The most powerful AI Code Editor [https://windsurf.com/] * Roo Code – Your AI-Powered Dev Team in VS Code [https://roocode.com/] * Cline - AI Autonomous Coding Agent for VS Code [https://cline.bot/] * Anthropic [https://www.anthropic.com/] * Supermaven [https://supermaven.com/] * Claude 3.7 Sonnet [https://www.anthropic.com/claude/sonnet?_bhlid=8d2f8810db1b1e1e75389a2db853c33d4c309511&gad_campaignid=22472280221&gbraid=0AAAAA_ak2nJtMDtPKif5UY_kbY7oTifQV] * Simon Willison [https://x.com/simonw?lang=en] * Web Development Insights [https://simonwillison.net/] * xjdr (@_xjdr) [https://x.com/_xjdr] * Roy Lee [https://x.com/im_roy_lee?lang=en] * AI Passes Amazon Interview [https://gizmodo.com/a-student-used-ai-to-beat-amazons-brutal-technical-interview-he-got-an-offer-and-someone-tattled-to-his-university-2000571562] Sponsor: Terminal now offers a monthly box called Cron [https://www.terminal.shop/]. Want to carry on the conversation? Join us in Discord [https://www.watch.dev/]. Or send us an email at sliceoffalittlepieceofbacon@tomorrow.fm [sliceofalittlepieceofbacon@tomorrow.fm]. Topics: * (00:00) - Married in Conneticut and got COVID * (00:29) - New Pope, new Dax * (03:24) - More light = better negativity * (04:25) - The money pit of blinds, security systems, and home theatres * (07:32) - How many weddings have you been to? * (16:37) - Dax met Frank * (17:46) - Has air travel always been bad or is it getting worse? * (26:02) - AI is going to save us... or maybe it won't? * (37:42) - Thinking through OpenAI's strategy for the application layer * (47:26) - Sonnet 3.7 is still the best model * (57:06) - What techniques should we hang on to and which ones should we leave behind? * (01:06:09) - Thoughts on Roy Lee * (01:11:28) - We should rethink the protype of a startup CEO ★ Support this podcast ★ [https://www.terminal.shop/]